WWW, March 2010 - After releasing two impressive Net Albums in which Heartical showcased his thoughtful, inspiring style within the Art Of Dub, the Dubroom is blessed to present this 25-track double dUb album in which he definitely put himself on a next, higher level. Read all about what can only be described as a journey where sounds and sights become one as major themes of life are observed.

To say that Joie de Vivre really should not be seen as a collection of singles should be way to little to describe this mega-project: it really is an experience you should enjoy from to top to the very last drop while meditating on the titles. Heartical truly masters the art of using dUb technology to –in some way- create an “audible picture”, and when you listen to all the twenty-five tracks in a row you are taken to what can truly be called the Deeper Realms Of Dub.

Or: dUb.

Hard-hitting steppers are combined with very peaceful, almost ambient dUbs. Upfull, joyful vibes are combined with almost haunting effects but throughout the whole album the bass (foundation) remains strong.

Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life) is definitely not for those that are looking for an easy-to-chew collection of totally uninteresting instrumentals or B-sides, it’s not for the weakhearts or for those that want to keep Reggae and Dub in the past.

Actually, it’s just like… Life!

Jah Life, that is.

The album deals with many things Jah Children have to face. Not everything in the life is that joyful, obviously. That’s why the first part of the double album takes us straight to the tuffness of Dub, back to the bass, the Epicentre of the Dub Dimension in which this work of art is constructed.

The second part confronts us with the horrible reality of the existence of Babylon and Lucifer in this time and place. A reality, which makes many people confused, kept in prisons within themselves as some kind of Personal Guantanamo Bay , Desensitized, Systemized, suffering from ESD (Extra-Sensory Deprivation).

Babylon and Lucifer, however, will fall. As Jah Children had to go through the Red Sea in the days of old, so do Jah Children in this day, these Last Days of Babylon. The third part of the double dUb album shows where it truly is all about: drinking from the streams of Living Water, because it is A Time To Dance when the knowledge is there that Jah Children are truly Blessed and Forever is their destiny.

Tuff themes for twenty-five tuff dubs which will appeal to the love of contemporary, digital Dub as it is becoming increasingly popular thanks to the efforts of artists who are not afraid to use contemporary technology and create some true, Heartical works of Art which could not have been made let’s say in a not so distant past.


This audio is part of the collection: Dubroom Star Selections
It also belongs to collection: Netlabels

Artist/Composer: Heartical
Date: 2010-03-22
Source: Heartical Studio
Keywords: heartical,dubwise,digidub,dub,

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Netherlands

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Reviewer: BenjaminS.T. - - April 9, 2013
Subject: Joie de Vivre
This album is a mix of both Dub and Electro influences. Three stars.